My Cable Company Sucks - Democratic Underground

kerrywins

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Mon Jan-31-05 01:14 PM
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My Cable Company Sucks

Edited on Mon Jan-31-05 01:35 PM by kerrywins

They turned off my cable internet service because I was using bittorrents. They said that running a "server" is not allowed. I had set my upload rate on the bittorrent to 5kbps.
Unfortunately I can't cancel my service because my apartment complex has a contract with "Ygnition Cable Company"
and they are the only cable company allowed to do business with this apartment complex. I wish I could use earthlink or roadrunner.

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kerrywins

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Mon Jan-31-05 01:36 PM
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1. has anyone else experienced this?

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kerrywins

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Mon Jan-31-05 02:02 PM
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2. noone here uses bittorrent

or has had a problem with their cable company?

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Spider Jerusalem

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Mon Jan-31-05 02:04 PM
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3. Comcast?

I've heard that Comcast have the strictest policy regarding this, and what they consider "unacceptable" or "excessive" bandwidth use...

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Democracy Died

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Mon Jan-31-05 02:16 PM
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4. Go with DSL..

I'm using DSL and have no problems with bittorrents or excessive bandwith. I get what I paid for.

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kerrywins

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Mon Jan-31-05 03:11 PM
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5. but isn't dsl a little slower than cable?

and worse on pings for games?
i do some pc gaming....
half-life 2....counter-strike: source...

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